Chapter 214 The hungry people killed the Wanggang army
Shang Ruyi was startled, and when he took a closer look, he saw that they were two guards. They said with a gloomy look: "What are you doing here?"
"I, let me take a look."
"Who allowed you to come?"
"I——"
Seeing that she was stammering and unable to speak, the two guards became a little more fierce and said: "Leave quickly, or if you don't leave, we won't be polite!"
As soon as Shang Ruyi finished speaking, a voice sounded from behind Shang Ruyi. A calm, smiling voice said: "I allowed her to come."
The two guards were startled and raised their hands in salute: "The head of the house."
Shang Ruyi hurriedly turned around, and at some point, Xiao Yuansui had walked behind her and was looking at her with a smile. Shang Ruyi suddenly felt guilty: "Master Xiao."
Xiao Yuansui did not respond to her immediately, but waved his hands to the two guards, and they immediately stepped aside.
He then looked down at Shang Ruyi and said with a smile: "It seems that after enjoying the three-foot bed and the table of meals, the young lady still wanted to take a look at this door."
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Shang Ruyi hesitated for a while and then looked at the flat road: " Where, where does it lead?”
Xiao Yuanshui said with a smile: “Go and take a look, you will know.”
After that, he said nothing and walked directly with his hands behind his back. Shang Ruyi's side moved forward. Although Shang Ruyi was a little uneasy, he followed immediately.
Soon, the two people reached the end of the straight path. Only then did Shang Ruyi realize that after turning the corner, his eyes suddenly opened up. It was a wide platform with a step depth of nearly a hundred feet and a flat road in the middle. The avenue leads straight ahead, and at the end of the avenue is a huge warehouse. The two wide wooden doors on the front are ajar, and some tall, hill-like black shadows can be faintly seen in the dim light inside.
Xiao Yuansui said: "Do you know what that is?"
Shang Ruyi did not answer this, but slowly knelt down and picked up a handful of finely chopped nuts from the roadside. Small stones, sprinkle forward.
Immediately, the birds that were parked on the ground pecking here and there all flew up with a roar.
It was obviously a cold winter, and the scenery was almost frozen. The frightened birds flying like this suddenly made the place seem full of life. Shang Ruyi smiled, then turned to Xiao Yuansui and said: "Do you still have to ask?"
It's winter, and this is Loess Ridge. How come there are so many birds?
It’s just because the ground is covered with rice grains.
However, it is not intentionally sprinkled here to feed the birds. It is just that on the way to transport food, no matter how neatly loaded it is, some will inevitably leak. , the birds living there are always fatter than other places.
And here is Xingluocang City.
What is in front of us is the Xingluo Cang, the world’s number one granary that can actually feed everyone in the world!
Speaking of which, she and Yu Wenye had mentioned this granary from time to time a long time ago, but they seemed to have never seen this granary, or even sketched it in their minds.
I really didn’t expect that this granary turned out to be like this.
When the door opened in front of you, a hot wind blew in. The wind was mixed with a smell that seemed to be very fragrant and a little smelly. The hot air forcefully forced out the chill in your body. Sweating, Shang Ruyi stretched out her hand to block her eyes. After avoiding the burst of smoke and dust, she slowly raised her head.
Everything is as far as the eye can see.
What was in front of her was a huge warehouse, even bigger than all the tall palaces she saw when she entered Ziwei Palace, and those dark shadows as tall as mountains just now , are the grain stacks listed one after another in this warehouse.
These grain stacks are cylindrical in shape, six to seven feet wide and more than four to five feet high. They are like a small house. But when you get closer, you will find that the grain stacks do not rise from the ground, but there is a section buried deep underneath. , all in all, it is nearly ten feet tall!
Isn’t this Liangshan?
There is more than one such grain mountain in this warehouse. Shang Ruyi slowly walked into the warehouse and took a closer look. There were dozens of tall and majestic grain mountains arranged in seven vertical and eight horizontal directions. , densely packed like chess pieces pressed down by gods in the human world, every chess piece can make the world flock to it, and even go crazy!
Shang Ruyi couldn't help but tremble. Looking at the food, she didn't know why, but her heart was filled with excitement.
After a long while, he murmured: "Grain...this is the grain harvested in Xingluocang."
Although he has seen the scene here countless times, Xiao Yuansui was still shocked when he walked in and saw it again. The surging mood was almost the same as that of Shang Ruyi. He stood beside her. , slowly said: "Yes, this is the grain harvesting in Xingluocang."
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"We have transported food to Wanggang Village three times before, with more than a dozen trucks at a time, enough to feed the brothers who stayed in the village for more than half a year."
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“But even then, we did not hollow out a single grain pile.”
Shang Ruyi took a deep breath.
Then, Xiao Yuansui continued: "And there are more than forty granaries like this."
"What?!"
Shang Ruyi I couldn't believe my ears, and turned my head to look at him in astonishment: "This, this is just-"
Xiao Yuansui said: "Yes, this is just one of the warehouses."< br>
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"My brothers and I entered this warehouse city. Until now, no one has visited all the warehouses."
"..." Shang Ruyi didn't know what to say anymore. She stared at him blankly for a while, then turned her head and slowly approached a grain pile, looked up for a while, and then walked to another. Looking at those grain stacks standing silently, they have no emotions, let alone thoughts, but they have stirred up the life, death, joy and anger of so many people in the world, and there is an indescribable cruelty.
Xiao Yuanshui also came forward and walked forward with her.
The two people just walked side by side in the middle of these tall grain stacks, saying nothing, but it seemed like thousands of words were echoing in this quiet space.
I don’t know how long it took, Shang Ruyi asked: “Why did you bring me to see this?”
Xiao Yuansui walked forward and said: “You know, the food here can How long can the people of the world eat? "
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"The people of the world can live on the food here for several years even if they don't farm or cultivate."
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"However, even though there is so much food here, the court still levies excessive taxes, and the people still bear the heaviest corvee. You know, in the past few years, the world has died because of hunger, cold, and war. How many innocent people are there?”
Shang Ruyi had a lump in his throat and said nothing.
Xiao Yuansui walked slowly with his hands behind his back and said: "You said yesterday that Lu Yong is not a thing. Indeed, he is indeed not a thing. But what I want to tell you is that there are many people like him in the world. People are just not in front of you. If you don’t see them, they only have one name - hungry people.”
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"If they starve to death, there is only one name - death by hunger."
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"If they do not starve to death, but do not want to starve to death, then there is another name. ——Wang, Gang, Army.”
These three words seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and fell heavily on Shang Ruyi’s heart. After suffocating for a while, he managed to recover and looked up at Xiao Yuansui: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Xiao Yuansui looked at her with a smile and said: "Although I and the young lady only have the previous It’s a one-sided relationship, but based on my understanding of the young lady and the young lady’s character, we should not be enemies.”
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"My young lady felt pity for me at that time, let alone the poor people all over the world?"
Shang Ruyi lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said: "Even if I once sympathized with Mr. Xiao, and I also sympathized with the poor people all over the world, but this was just my opinion. I felt sorry for Mr. Xiao. What impact can it have on Zili's great cause? It would be a waste of energy for Mr. Xiao to take me here today."
"That's not necessarily true,"
Xiao Yuansui said with a smile. : "I consider myself to be a good judge of people. Madam, your path is definitely more than what is in front of you."
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"What's more, you have a husband who is worthy of stirring up trouble!"
Hearing this, Shang Ruyi understood. When I came here and said so many words, it was still for Yu Wenye.
Shang Ruyi said: "Are you still looking for him?"
"Yes, last night, I sent out a few more people to search again along the Huangtu Ridge."
"Still not found?"
"No."
"In this case, you should not rest assured. Maybe, he really, really, won't come back."
Speaking of this, Shang Ruyi said There was also a tingling feeling in his heart, but Xiao Yuansui shook his head, his eyes were bright and restrained, and said: "It is precisely because there is no trace of him that I can't rest assured."
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"It is very unusual that the dispatch of an army of ten thousand people left no trace. If it is true that according to the people in the court, he fled after the defeat, he should be in a very embarrassed state, and there is no need. Deliberately concealing his whereabouts. With the way he is now, I know very well that he must have something up his sleeve!"< br>
As he said that, he turned to look at Shang Ruyi: "He will definitely come back!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Ruyi's step happened to step on the ground. A dead branch made a click. Although the sound was not loud, it was particularly harsh in such an empty and silent warehouse.
She suddenly turned around and looked at the door that was far away behind her: "Someone is coming!"
Xiao Yuansui glanced at her, his expression seemed to be startled.
At this moment, the ajar door was pushed open heavily again, and a long, heavy and low-pitched neighing sound was heard. Then, a tall figure walked in angrily.
But, just before the man rushed in, Xiao Yuansui suddenly grabbed Shang Ruyi's arm and pulled her behind a grain pile nearby!
Shang Ruyi was caught off guard, and her back was pressed against the grain stack. But before she could struggle, Xiao Yuansui took a step forward, grabbed her directly with his body, and suppressed her on the tall grain stack. superior.
She was shocked and said: "You——"
Before she finished speaking, Xiao Yuansui reached out and covered her mouth, lowered his head and said: "Stop talking!"
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(End of this chapter)